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Insight into Structural Changes and Electrochemical Properties of Spark Plasma Sintered Nanostructured Ferritic and Austenitic Stainless Steels

Nanostructured ferritic (Fe((82−x))-Cr(18)-Si(x), x = 0–3 wt %) and austenitic (Fe((73−x))-Cr(18)-Ni(9)-Six, x = 0–3 wt %) stainless steel (SS) alloys were developed by mechanical alloying (MA) and spark plasma sintering (SPS). The unit cell parameter estimated from X-ray diffraction spectra exhibit...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Junaid, Toor, Ihsan-ul-Haq, Hussein, Mohamed A., Al-Aqeeli, Nasser, Baig, Mirza M. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9002397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35407343
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano12071225
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Sumario:Nanostructured ferritic (Fe((82−x))-Cr(18)-Si(x), x = 0–3 wt %) and austenitic (Fe((73−x))-Cr(18)-Ni(9)-Six, x = 0–3 wt %) stainless steel (SS) alloys were developed by mechanical alloying (MA) and spark plasma sintering (SPS). The unit cell parameter estimated from X-ray diffraction spectra exhibited a decreasing trend with an increase in wt % of Si content in both alloy systems. The particle size of powders estimated using bright field transmission electron microscopy images for ferritic (3 wt % Si) and austenitic (3 wt % Si) SS powders was found to be 65 ± 5 nm and 18 ± 3 nm, respectively. In case of the ferritic system, 3 wt % Si exhibited the highest densification (~98%) and micro-hardness of about 350.6 ± 11.2 HV, respectively. Similarly, for the austenitic system (3 wt % Si), maximum densification and micro-hardness values were about 99% and 476.6 ± 15.2 HV, respectively. Comparative analysis of potentiodynamic polarization, linear polarization, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy results indicates an increase in electrochemical performance of both alloy systems as the wt % Si was increased. The increase in electrochemical performance is directly related to the increase in densification owing to Si addition in these alloys.